“Politicians do not make good historians”
Published: 03 July, 2009, 20:41
Edited: 23 October, 2010, 04:49
For many years the west was downplaying the role of the Soviet Union in WWII and was completely overlooked in western historiography, says John Laughland from the Institute for Democracy and Cooperation in Paris.
This constant theme of "Hitler/Stalin". Understand something.Both men were evil,that is without doubt and none is better than other. But,as for living under Facist Germany or Soviet Union... If you were not "Germanic",the future held very little for you.Plan was either:You would be exterminated or worked to death. THIS was the plan for Slavs!be it in Poland,Bohemia,Moravia(Czech lands) and Slovakia,Ukraine or Russia. I,myself am East European and Slav.My family went through hell living through communism and it destroyed many aspects of the country.BUT,I do understand that it was fault of dictators in Soviet Union AND our own Communist government.People in actual Soviet Union at that time and what is now present day Russia though,went through even worse than what my family and others did in Czechoslovakia!.It was unfortunate history,and its brought us apart from our brothers in Russia. Overall,Im EXTREMELY appreciative of efforts of Red Army and Soviet Union in WW2 and I DO consider them our liberators.Over 26 million gave their lives in Soviet Union fighting a regime that wanted to wipe them,and half of Europe out.I still to this day say Thank You,to Russia.
@Heikki, Why Finland had attacked Russia? Very simple, like Poland, USA and other western imperialist power, they too want to destroy the Soviet Union, the new born socialist state of the them. So far, I am stunned to note that none have EVER ponted to the fact of internal sabotages and other harmful actifivities sponsored by western states inside the newly born socialist state. These activities was much more responsible for the losses of livelihood and other factors during the STALIN REGIME(!) than the Soviet rule itself. The case of Serbia and now-a-days Iran have clearly showed that even today they are trying to SPONSOR PROTESTS(!) against governments, they don't want. These is very much clear even their stronghold in world media remains, I just can't guess what they could do when they have a much much much much ............ control over information at that time, when Stalin was in power. There are pictures of PROTESTERS(!) of Iran all over in the world media against the TYRANNICA(!) Ahmedinezad regime, but so far I haven't seen any picture or dideo of protests against the feudal rulers of Saudi Arab and other Emirates, which are not ELECTED and is running their country in very much the same way as Afghanistan's warlords. I am curious to know SPECIALLY Marzipan6 and Heikki's comment on that matter.
I disagree that there was no racial aspect to Communism taking hold of Russia. The Bolsheviks were unquestionably run by Jews who hated the Russian people. Leon Trotsky, Lenin, Zinoviev, Kamenov, Sverdlov, were the top leaders of the Bolsheviks and they are all Jews who spoke Yiddish. These Jews were responsible for millions upon millions of Christian murders, and more unspeakable crimes that make Nazi germany's alleged crimes look like kids games.
Please do not use the words like : The West or American....You should point out exactly what country? or America government....that better for you and do not make we feel you are our peoples enemy...Please RT.Thanks! Remember American did not want to do wrong thing....We do not have the power do that...our government...is running by a group of very rich... Even Obama is ,just a front guy...no power at all !
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CountCash, you do neither law nor the fantasy of Western politics. You do the fantasies of Stalin. And just for your information, post-Soviet Russia has always had a chronic aversion to bringing legal examination to bear on the Soviet occupation of the Baltics. Estonia has offered many times to take the matter to the International Court of Justice but Russia has always refused, and of course the court cannot have jurisdiction on the matter if Russia does not grant it such jurisdiction. Estonia has also offered repeatedly to set up a bi-lateral committee of academics to provide a joint academic, scholarly evaluation of its Soviet era, but Moscow has consistently refused even that. Russia has about as much appetite for objectively facing its Soviet history as it does for walking into a wall. Meanwhile its apologists merrily chirp on about “show us a legal decision.” Kind of ridiculous, I know, but there you are.